My life as Zee

Well it's my birthday today and I have big plans. First I am gonna get that pesky squirrel in the big tree in my yard. Then I'll take a nap with my brother. Then I will patrol the fence line and make sure no bad people or critters come in and take our toys. Mom and Dad will be home from work early today and I'll get a special treat. I love my life in my Forever Home. It took a while for my foster people to find just the right place for me but they sure hit it right this time. I've been here way over a year and it is HOME to me. I have all a fellow could ever want except to get that squirrel and I'm gonna catch him TODAY! hehehe

I'm back in my foster home! I don't know what happened and for the first day I missed my family. I missed the girls but I am doing fine. I have lots of friends here. Bella, Buddy and Heidi are still here. Rose is here too. I remember where the pet door is and the wayet bowls inside and outside. I remember it all. I remember mom and dad real good. I wanted to get out and every time I did my dad got upset and he fussed. I just kept getting out. I don't get out here. I am OK and mom says I will have another home soon. She says I am too fat and I am on a diet. I've been gone a long time.

Today is the end of Zee's home trial peropd. He has not been returned and his family is not going to return him. He is part of their family now and furever. I am happy for Zee and his family. I missed him this week something terrible. I walked around here fighting back tears when I thought about how he liked to sit on my feet when I was still. The way he followed my every step and how he likes to play ball. The way he snores and passes gas. LOL I missed him and will go on missing him for a very long time as I do all our fosters who have gone on to a new life. I have been in rescue for over 2 yrs and it does not get easier and in some ways gets harder to say good-bye. I pick up a new pup tomorrow morning and will begin the process all over again. I have already named her and will love her and help her find her furever home as I have the others. So many need help. I can not let the sadness I feel stop me from helping another. I will not stop unless I am no longer able or there are no more homeless dogs who need my help. I love you Zee, Katie, Murray, Foster and all the others.

The rescue gives a 7 day money back trial for the adopted dogs. I try not to count on the adoption till the 7 days are up. I spoke with Zee's new Mom yesterday and she was so excited to tell me thay love him. She had little stories to tell me and said she and her family are so happy to have him. Said she and her husband looked at him last night and said they both could not understand how he was at the pound and not claimed. Said they just can't understand that. So sad that he is only one of so very many who find themselves on death row. Zee was one of the few lucky ones to make it out and to then find a loving home. Thank God for people who will give a rescue a chance. I can't wait till they come to visit us at PetSmart. It always makes me feel so good when one of my fosters turns their back and walks away with a bounce in their step and their new/furever family next to them. It is a wonderful warm feeling.

Wow what a day. Mom took me to PetSmart again. We go every Sunday and lots of people look at me but don't want to take me home with them. But today a family came in and wanted me. They filled out the papers and off I went to my new home. Mom gave me a big kiss.......right in front of everyone. Yuk! I have my own family now. My own yard and 4 girls and parents to take care of me. Mom says if I am nice to them they will keep me. They have a cat. Hummmm I am gona try to be nice. Mom said if I am not happy I can come back here. She said she will come get me in a heart beat. :) She is a good Mom but I want my very own forever Mom. I'm going to live in a house where I am the only dog. Awesome! I am gona be very happy and loved.

I still am in foster care. Mom says my people will find me when the time is right. She and I are pretty close.....most of the time. I stay very close to her. Sometimes I even trip her. I sleep with her and Dad and I just kind of do as I please. She gets pretty mad at me sometimes and I just have to straighten her out. I have to bite her sometimes to get my message across. She says I am not the boss so I have to let her know I am. I do what I want and not what I don't want. She keeps telling me I gotta be nice. Hummmm I don't think so.

It rains every day now and the thunder comes too. Mom gave me some of the Rx med, from my docotr to help me not to be scared. It made me so drunk. Mom didn't like that so she got another med. for me. It's a lot better and I am doing fine. Oh I still shake and sit on Mom or Dad's foot but it's not so bad.

I love my foster parents. I like their dogs too. Little Heidi is so sweet. She is fun to play with and Buddy said I have to be carefull not to hurt her. I'm carefull and she likes me a lot. We play and play. I sleep with Mom, Dad. Bella, and sometimes Buddy too in the big people bed. I am very happy. I heard Mom and Dad talking about adopting me!!!!! Dad said he is afraid nobody would understand my fear of weather and with my teeth broken down they probably can't find anyone who would want me. Dad wants to keep me I think. I am trying not to get too comforatble here but it sure feels like HOME to me. hehehe

I've been here for a few weeks now and I like it a lot. I love my Dad. My Mom is good too but I love my Dad. They worry about me and the other dogs here and work hard to take good care of us all. Now they know my big secret. See I couldn;'t tell them so I ended up being hurt by that. When Mom took me to the vet he said I was healthy and then he looked at my teeth to see my age. He was shocked cause the teeth on my left side were ground or broken down. He said it was very odd. Well Mom and Dad went out Tue night and I was in my crate sleeping and IT happened. A thunderstorm came up. I was so scared and it shook the ground with thunder and I could hear the rain and I........well I paniced. I wanted out of that crate and I started fighting and I bit the wires and I cried and I was so scared. When they got home it was about 15 after the weather hit and I was full of blood. Mom and Dad were very upset and Mom put me in the tub and washed me and looked and well....I broke my teeth on the right side just like the left side was. The vet said she should not feel so bad because she didn't know I was scared of weather. He gave me some pain med. and he also gave me some med. to make me feel relaxed when it happens again. My mouth is OK now. I never did stop eating. Mom and Dad are so worried about me. They really do like me a lot. I wish I could have told them with people words.......

I had a good weekend until I found this frog in my yard. How dare he come into my yard like he owned it? I just had to show him who's boss. I chased him and he just bunched up his body and tried to hide from me. I'm way too smart to fall for that old trick so I just ran over and got him. I picked him up and YUK! That nasty thing peed in my mouth! Well I spit and spit and Mom saw what was happeming and she brought me to the water hose and started washing out my mouth. I got sick and she kept washing. It was so nasty. YUK! That frog was disgusting. When I stopped throwing up Mom did something that really made me mad. She picked up the frog and took him across the street to the wooded area and let him go. MAN! She should have smushed him flat. She said "Zee you are not nice to bite Mr Frog." Oh Brother she just doesn't understand. I can't believe she let him go. If he comes back here I am gonna get him. Mom made me take med. and she said she was going to talk to me about being nice to all living things when I feel better. Well, I don't want to hear it. I wonder if that nasty frog is outside right now? I'm going look.

Today is the seventh day I have been here. My foster Mom picked me up at the pound and it was so scary there and hot. She brought me here and started giving me Rx meds cause I have diarrea from all the differend donated foods I have eaten. I needed help. I feel better but still have loose stools.

The air conditioner goes all the time here and it is very cool inside. She doesn't make me stay outside where is is 91 degrees. Boy it's hot! I get my special diet food and water and I have my own crate with soft bedding inside.

I thought I was inlove with my Mom BUT not anymore. I can't believe how mean she is to me. She hugs me and says I love you Zee but then she made me so mad. I was outside in the yard with her early this AM and she had the water hose going. It looked like fun so I jumped up and grabbed the water. That was so fun. She let me jump and bite water for a while. Then she turned off the water. So I went and looked for more fun stuff to do. I rolled in the dirt and the fresh cut grass. I got all muddy and full of grass and she laughed and watched me. I got the dirt way down to my skin. I was still wet so it stuck to me real nice. I looked so cool. She took pictures of me so I know I looked real good. This is where I got mad at her. She took me to the water hose and gave me a bath!!! Can you believe she washed all my cool dirt and mud off!!!! She even used shampoo so now I smell all SWEET. YUK! The only good part is she dried me off and brought me back in the air conditioning. BUT I am mad at her now. My pictures are so cool.